10 Tampa Bay - 'A HOUSE DIVIDED:' President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech on this day in 1858 in which he uttered the famous words, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
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ABC 13 News - WSET on Twitter: "TODAY IN HISTORY: On June 16, 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to
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